Decentralisation and governance in IoT: Bitcoin and Wikipedia caseShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: International Journal of Electronic Governance, ISSN 1742-7509, E-ISSN 1742-7517, Vol. 12, no 2, p. 166-189Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In the era of digital revolution many contemporary events that changed the world were shaped through the internet. Nowadays, the emergence of internet of things (IoT), combining physical objects with virtual networks is expected to have even more influence. This new 'decentralised' structure in the world raises questions such as power, governance and the notion of democracy online. The aim of this paper is to investigate these notions. We have taken the examples of Bitcoin and Wikipedia and examined their decision-making process. Our analysis has found some inconsistencies in their policies, that are in contradiction with democracy and consensus principles of governance. Starting from our findings, we present further improvements that can be used to achieve more democracy and equity in the digital context.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Inderscience Publishers , 2020. Vol. 12, no 2, p. 166-189
Keywords [en]
Bitcoin, Decentralisation, Democracy, Governance, Internet, Internet of things, IoT, Power, Wikipedia
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-50453DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2020.109540Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85093507753OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-50453DiVA, id: diva2:1498800
2020-11-052020-11-052020-12-01Bibliographically approved